The expression ‘elementary phenomena’, as it is used in contemporary Frech psychopathology and psychoanalysis, phénomènes élémentaires, has been coined by J. Lacan in his doctoral dissertation (1932) to designate minimal delusional phenomena, which, at least for a certain time, the patient can conceal or ignore, until they develop (if they ever do) into a full-blown delusional or hallucinatory ...

Jérôme Lacan Université de Toulouse; ISAE CNRS; LAAS [email protected] Emmanuel Lochin Université de Toulouse; ISAE CNRS; LAAS [email protected] Pierre-Ugo Tournoux Université de Toulouse; ISAE CNRS; LAAS [email protected] Amine Bouabdallah Université de Toulouse; ISAE CNRS; LAAS [email protected] Vincent Roca INRIA Rhône-Alpes Planète research team [email protected]